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                     36: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     37: .Dt MESG 1
                     38: .Os
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm mesg
                     41: .Nd display (do not display) messages from other users
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     43: .Nm mesg
                     44: .Op Cm n | Cm y
                     45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     46: The
                     47: .Nm mesg
                     48: utility is invoked by a users to control write access others
                     49: have to the terminal device associated with the standard error
                     50: output.
                     51: Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as
                     52: .Xr talk 1
                     53: and
                     54: .Xr write 1
                     55: may display messages on the terminal.
                     56: .Pp
                     57: Options available:
                     58: .Bl -tag -width flag
                     59: .It Cm n
                     60: Disallows messages.
                     61: .It Cm y
                     62: Permits messages to be displayed.
                     63: .El
                     64: .Pp
                     65: If no arguments are given,
                     66: .Nm mesg
                     67: displays the present message status to the standard error output.
                     68: .Pp
                     69: The
                     70: .Nm mesg
                     71: utility exits with one of the following values:
                     72: .Bl -tag -width flag -compact -offset indent
                     73: .Pp
                     74: .It Li "\ 0"
                     75: Messages are allowed.
                     76: .It Li "\ 1"
                     77: Messages are not allowed.
                     78: .It Li "\>1"
                     79: An error has occurred.
                     80: .El
                     81: .Sh FILES
                     82: .Bl -tag -width /dev/[pt]ty[pq]? -compact
                     83: .It Pa /dev/[pt]ty[pq]?
                     84: .El
                     85: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     86: .Xr biff 1 ,
                     87: .Xr talk 1 ,
                     88: .Xr write 1
                     89: .Sh HISTORY
                     90: A
                     91: .Nm mesg
                     92: command appeared in
                     93: .At v6 .